Content Categorized with "Voter Preregistration"
1 - 5 of 5 results
-
Louisiana's New Voter Pre-Registration Law Features Automatic Registration
- Posted: July 11, 2014
- Author(s): Rebecca Hellmich, Rebecca Hellmich
- Categories: Research & Analysis, Redistricting, FairVote, Voter Turnout, Voter Preregistration
Louisiana governor Bobby Jindal in May signed a law establishing voting pre-registration for 16-year-olds. The law features an innovative "opt-out" approach to voter registration that will further boost registration and participation. Louisiana has a history of such innovative election policy. -
Massachusetts Expands Voting Rights
- Posted: June 13, 2014
- Author(s): , Nicholas Golden
- Categories: Voting Rights, Voter Turnout, Voter Preregistration
Massachusetts has taken a big step into the 21st century by reforming its voting laws and practices.
-
America's Young Voters: Who They Are and Why They Matter
- Posted: December 2, 2011
- Author(s): Christina Grier
- Categories: Home, Voter Preregistration
Young voters hold the key to the future of the country and are an important part of the electorate. Just like every other age group, they are frustrated with political officials. Yet despite this frustration, there has been a slight increase in youth voter turnout over the past few years. Even with the increase in turnout, young voters still vote at a lesser rate than voters of other age groups. It is a problem that needs to be addressed because the strength of our democracy depends on all voters participating.
-
Modernizing Voter Registration: An Overview of the American Enterprise Institute Conference
- Posted: September 22, 2011
- Author(s): Christina Grier
- Categories: Reforms, Universal Voter Registration, Home, Voter Preregistration
Electoral reform experts gathered together on September 19th for a conference on modernizing voter registration. Panelists discussed the current registration system, and provided solutions that will bring voter registration into the 21st century.
-
American way of registering voters: everything but universal, and far from being efficient